Be my Valentine?
For those of you who don’t know, Col and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s day with the rest of the world. Because his birthday…
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Cooking another porkie!
Last night, I tried yet another recipe from the Taste of Home Healthy Eating annual from 2009. The previous night, I defrosted, not…
Partying, parting and Potter!
Ugh! No rest for the wicked eh? No sooner had I gotten off the plane in George Bush International airport, last Saturday (I…
Day 4 – An outdoors-woman in the making?
Friday morning, we slept in (as it turned out the room faced the indoor swimming pool, so we didn’t get any natural light…
Confession is good for the soul…getting back on the wagon; Take 45919382471209387!
Well, these last few weeks have been tough on me. Those of you who have known me for any length of time, know…
A whirl-wind week of shopping, baking, eating and cleaning!
Wow! This blog covers pretty much the last ten days before I went on my trip to Iowa, but, it feels like a…
Day 4: Chilling by the pool, Super 8 and homeward bound…
Sunday, the girls went shopping (Nicky, Sinead and Noelle). I didn’t fancy it to be honest, I was ‘shopped out’ and thought the…
Day 3 – Exploring the Windy City…(and getting lost trying to find Navy Pier – AGAIN!)
After a slightly late start to the day (mostly due to the fact that we couldn’t figure out where a member of the…
Day 1 – Travelling to the 'Windy City' and meeting a real life hero!
Getting up at 6.30am was tough, though, it was made better by the fact that I was off to see my good friend…
Day 4 – Heading home
We’d every intention of having a wee lie in on Wednesday morning, however, *someone* forgot to put the DND on the door, meaning…